Labor is a physiological event involving a sequential, integrated set of changes within the myometrium, deciduas, and uterine cervix that occur gradually over a period of days to weeks. Biochemical connective tissue changes in the uterine cervix appear to precede uterine contractions and cervical dilation, and all of these events usually occur before rupture of the fetal membranes. In other wor...

PURPOSE to demonstrate the expression of biomarkers, detected by immunohistochemical techniques in healthy tissues, as well as in preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions of the uterine cervix. METHODS in order to evaluate the immunohistochemical reactivity of tissues from the uterine cervix to p16 and to type 2 herpes simplex virus (HSV-2), 187 samples of low-grade intraepithelial lesions (LG-IE...

Small cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix is rare. It is estimated that 10% of patients with small-cell lung cancer have syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) and hyponatremia has been reported to be significantly associated with a poor prognosis. A proportion of small cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix exhibit neuroendocrine characteristics as revealed by immun...

Alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS) is a tumor of unknown histogenesis, composed of large, epithelioid cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm, having an alveolar pattern. Primary ASPS of uterine cervix is very rare. In this report, we present a 21-aged-old female with primary ASPS in the uterine cervix and discuss the clinicopathological characteristics, immunophenotype, molecular genetic feature and ...

Uterine serous adenocarcinoma (USC) is rare and invasive cancer. This cancer is more often reported in the ovary, the fallopian tube, and the endometrium than uterine cervix. No matter where the tumor is located, the tumor exhibits similar histological characteristics. So when uterine cancer is proven to be serous adenocarcinoma, it is necessary to see if the tumor originated from ovary or endo...

Background: Small cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix is a highly malignant form of cancer in women, characterized by its high propensity for rapid extra-pelvic distant metastasis and poor prognosis. The best treatment strategy for this type of cancer is still controversial. Case presentation: We report here a case of small cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix treated by extensive total hyster...

Uterine carcinoma of the lower uterine segment (LUS) is a rare tumor that accounts for 3-3.5% of cases of uterine malignant cancer. The tumor arises from the lower region of the uterine body through the upper region of the cervix. The present study reported a case of clear cell carcinoma that originated from the LUS. A 50-year-old woman visited a local hospital due to irregular vaginal bleeding...

The effect of subtotal hysterectomyon maintenance of induced corpora lutea (CL) in prepuberal gilts, 120 to 130 days of age, was studied. Ovulation was induced with 1,000 IU Pregnant Mare Serum Gonadotropin (PMSG) followed 72 hr later with 500 IU Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG). Thirteen gilts (bred controls) were inseminated on Day 0 (Day following HCG=Day 0). Fifty gilts were laparotomized...

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this review is to summarize clinical trials for patients with cervical cancer treated with irradiation and modifiers of the irradiation response. METHODS: The MEDLINE database was used to identify clinical studies that evaluated modifiers of the irradiation response for patients with carcinoma of the uterine cervix from 1970 through 1998. The studies included were pro...

Introduction: Sarcoma of the cervix is uncommon and its prevalence is about 1% of malignancies of the cervix. One type of sarcoma is leiomyosarcoma and the location of this tumor in cervix is very rare. Although uterine sarcoma can involve the cervix and lead to misdiagnosis of cervical leiomyosarcoma, the location of the bulk of the tumor in uterine cervix (not isthmus) for diagnosis of cervic...